Calendar support



Sept. 12, 1967 A. J. ENK

CALENDAR SUPPORT Filed Dec. 28, 1965 FIG.

INVENTOR. ADOLPH J. ENK

JOHN P. CHANDLER HIS ATTORNEY.

United States Patent 3,340,636 CALENDAR SUPPORT Adolph J. Enk, Sidney, N.Y., assignor to Keith Clark, Inc., New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Dec. 28, 1965, Ser. No. 517,027 2 Claims. (Cl. 40-121) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Wall calendar with block of individual sheets mounted on a wire frame with prongs extending forwardly and tubular members in the prongs to confine the sheets.

This invention relates to wall and desk calendars and memorandum pads and relates more particularly to a novel combination of a bracket-like member with a pair of forwardly extending prongs which pass through spaced openings in a generally flat backing support for the sheets which may be mounted on a wall or on a desk. The bank or stack of the sheets have openings spaced apart a distance equal to the distance between the prongs and receive such prongs. The sheets are secured thereon by a pair of headed tubular members received on the prongs, the opening in each tubular members and the diameter of the prong being so proportioned as to form an interference or friction fit so as to offer a desired measure of frictional resistance to removal of the members from the prongs.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel support for a bank or stack of vertically disposed sheets consisting of a bracket with the prongs earlier mentioned, the bracket being made from a single length of material such as wire and whose central section is of inverted V or U- shaped configuration laying against the rear face of the backing support. The sheets supported on the horizontal, forwardly extending prongs retain the V-shaped back section in vertical position against the back of the flat back.

An important object of the invention is to provide a calendar or memorandum pad assembly which can be assembled in a matter of seconds and wherein the wire bracket for supporting the sheets is always held firmly against the rear face of the backing support.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation of a wall calendar embodying the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a vertical section in line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

'FIG. 3 is a rear elevation of the article.

A carrier sheet or backing support for a bank 11 of calendar or memorandum sheets has the usual top opening 12 to receive a hook or pin for supporting the carrier on the wall, and also a pair of spaced openings 13 on a common horizontal level at a point spaced below the upper edge.

The sheets are supported on a bracket 14 which may be formed from a single length of wire and including a central section which extends upwardly in a substantially V-shaped contour as shown at 15. The bracket also has a pair of forwardly extending prongs 16 which pass through openings 13 and are received in aligned openings 17 in the calendar sheets and support said sheets.

Means for retaining the sheets on the prongs include headed tubular members 18 having longitudinal openings 19 of a cross sectional dimension as to receive the prongs with an interference or friction fit and prevent unintended removal, but not affording such resistance to disengagement from the prongs as to require a tool to effect their removal. The heads 20 on the tubular members are preferably flat and the holes 13 in the backing sheet are smaller than the diameter of the tubular members.

in which case the bracket may be made from plastic material so as to afford greater resistance to the removal of the members from the prongs than would be the case if both members were made from the same material.

The length of the tubular members 18, which actually support the weight of the bank of sheets, is such that when the front ends of the prongs extend all the way to the heads 20 the rear terminals of the tubular members contact the front face of the backing support so the central section of the bracket is held fast against the rear face thereof Without any fastening means therefor.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the weight of the bank of sheets would normally act to move the outer ends of the prongs downwardly and hence move the inverted V-shaped central section 15 of the wire bracket rearwardly. This action is prevented by the fact that the tubular members 18 are of such length that their inner ends engage the front face of the backing support and are secured in this position by reason of the friction fit between the male and female parts. In view of this arrangement, the sheets are always supported in a neat horizontal bank without any sagging of the sheets as shown in FIG. 2.

While there have been described herein what are at present considered preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that many modifications and changes may be made therein without departing from the essence of the invention. It is therefore to be understood that the exemplary embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims, and that all modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be included therein.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a flat backing support for a plurality of sheets, of an elongated bracket and comprising an upwardly extending, inverted generally V-shaped central section engaging the rear face of the backing support in a vertical position, said support having a pair of spaced openings therein, and a pair of prongs extending forwardly from the lower ends of the central section, through said openings, said sheets having along their upper edges a pair of aligned openings spaced apart a distance equal to the distance between the openings in the carrier sheet, and headed tubular members passing from the front of said sheets, through the aligned openings therein and received on said prongs, the prongs being received in said headed tubular members with a friction fit so as to prevent casual removal of the tubular members from the supporting prongs and being of such length as to engage the front face of the backing support.

2. The structure definedin claim 1 wherein the tubular members are of substantially the same length as the prongs.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 445,436 l/189l Wheeler 281-15 1,155,296 9/1915 Beuther 281--15 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,051,976 9/ 1953 France.

EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Primary Examiner. W. J. CONTRERAS, Assistant Examiner. 

1. THE COMBINATION WITH A FLAT BACKING SUPPORT FOR A PLURALITY OF SHEETS, OF AN ELONGATED BRACKET AND COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING, INVERTED GENERALLY V-SHAPED CENTRAL SECTION ENGAGING THE REAR FACE OF THE BACKING SUPPORT IN A VERTICAL POSITION, SAID SUPPORT HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED OPENINGS THEREIN, AND A PAIR OF PRONGS EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE LOWER ENDS OF THE CENTRAL SECTION, THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, SAID SHEETS HAVING ALONG THEIR UPPER EDGES OF A PAIR OF ALIGNED OPENINGS SPACED APART A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OPENINGS IN THE CARRIER SHEET, AND HEADED TUBULAR MEMBERS PASSING FROM THE FRONT OF SAID SHEETS, THROUGH THE ALIGNED OPENINGS THEREIN AND RECEIVED ON SAID PRONGS, THE PRONGS BEING RECEIVED IN SAID HEADED TUBULAR MEMBERS WITH A FRICTION FIT SO AS TO PREVENT CASUAL REMOVAL OF THE TUBULAR MEMBERS FROM THE SUPPORTING PRONGS AND BEING OF SUCH LENGTH AS TO ENGAGE THE FRONT FACE OF THE BACKING SUPPORT. 